Examples of bookworm in a Sentence
She was always a bookworm when she was a kid.
a bookworm who prefers reading to just about any other activity
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If your young bookworm chooses to read 50 books before the first day of school, that’s wonderful!
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Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
Dua Lipa is steadily becoming one of today’s most outspoken bookworms.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 4 July 2025
Hatchard's, one of the oldest book shops in England, is a bookworm's paradise, with five stories full of every genre imaginable.
—Ellen Lecompte, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
After getting over his brief intoxication with political power, Deidre says, her husband has grounded himself by embracing the bookworm and homebody sides of his personality.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
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Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
Dua Lipa is steadily becoming one of today’s most outspoken bookworms.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 4 July 2025
Hatchard's, one of the oldest book shops in England, is a bookworm's paradise, with five stories full of every genre imaginable.
—Ellen Lecompte, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
After getting over his brief intoxication with political power, Deidre says, her husband has grounded himself by embracing the bookworm and homebody sides of his personality.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
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“Bookworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookworm. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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bookworm
noun
book·worm
-ˌwərm 
1
: any of various insect larvae that feed on the binding and paste of books
2
: a person devoted to reading or study
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